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'SCS claimants will suffer if harsh to China'
People from claimant-states in the South China Sea will suffer if they take a hard stance with China, Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano said yesterday, as former diplomats and experts expressed concern over ...
- August 5, 2017
US, China not budging on SCS dispute
The US and China stood firm on their positions in the South China Sea (SCS) row, but stressed the need to tamp down tension and said cooperation was the only option to peace. Senior diplomatic and military leaders from ...
- November 11, 2018
Japan slams China reclamations in disputed sea
Japan slammed China's bid to reclaim land in the South China Sea as a "coercive attempt" to force sweeping maritime claims, in a defense paper coinciding with Tokyo's bid for legislation to expand the Japanese military ...
- July 22, 2015
Military leaders in Hawaii to discuss amphibious skills
Amphibious military capabilities are on the agenda as the US Marine Corps and Navy host defense leaders from around the Pacific in Hawaii this week. Japan’s forces are in between: It has been training soldiers in amphibious ...
- May 20, 2015
US vows to stop China from taking disputed isles
The new administration of US President Donald Trump vowed on Monday the United States would prevent China from taking over territory in international waters in the South China Sea, something Chinese state media has warned ...
- January 25, 2017
Taiwan holds rescue exercise in disputed seas
Taiwan held a search-and-rescue exercise in the South China Sea yesterday as part of efforts to cement its hold over a key island in the strategically vital sea. Eight vessels and three aircraft took part in the drill ...
- November 30, 2016
China shows naval air exercises above sea
China’s state broadcaster has shown navy fighter bombers taking part in exercises over the South China Sea, including one involving the detection and expulsion of foreign military surveillance aircraft such as those deployed ...
- May 9, 2017
China calls int’l court a puppet
China vowed to take all necessary measures to protect its sovereignty in the South China Sea, saying it had the right to set up an air defense zone after rejecting an international tribunal’s ruling that junked its territorial ...
- July 14, 2016
Asean ministers rock no boats in Myanmar, South China Sea
Foreign ministers of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations on Friday hewed to the group’s practice of reaching the least provocative consensus possible in discussions of such divisive issues as Myanmar’s ...
- January 20, 2019
Relations with PH warming up — China
Relations between China and the Philippines are at a new turning point, a top Chinese diplomat has told a visiting Philippine delegation, adding that China hopes the Philippines can handle disputes "appropriately" and get ...
- September 15, 2016